On Saturday, April 19th the Point San Pedro Road Coalition hosted a Community Wide Forum on Wildfire Preparedness and Home Insurance. Quinn Gardner and her team from the San Rafael Fire Department addressed what the City/County is doing to mitigate wildfire danger, what individuals can do to reduce fire danger to their homes, and how
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A big THANK YOU to everyone who participated in removing flammable vegetation for SPRC’s Earth Day Broom Pull in the Glenwood neighborhood! We especially appreciated the amazing support from the San Rafael Fire Department, Friends of China Camp, and Glenwood Neighbors. As you can see in the photos below, invasive broom was crowding the social trail
On Saturday, April 12 (see flyer below) volunteers will meet at 9:00 am at the intersection of Beechwood Court and Heartwood Court in Glenwood (see the map following the flyer). Volunteers must be no younger than 14. Weed wrenches will be provided to use to pull the flammable Scotch and French broom, an invasive species that crowd out
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This morning we received a reminder from Aimi Dutra that the San Rafael Rock Quarry has a sandbag station onsite available to our residents should they need it. Water levels are high, and more rain and wind are expected today and for the remainder of the week. The sandbag station is right past the entry gates on
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Wednesday, September 25 @ 6pm Roger Leventhal, Senior Engineer at Marin Flood Control District, has extensive expertise in flood control and researching and implementing nature-based solutions to mitigate shoreline erosion. He will talk about this approach and why some of our local shorelines are good candidates for it. Mark the date on your calendar to
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Through generous contributions to our previous disaster preparedness fundraisers and grants from Marin County, the Point San Pedro Road Coalition purchased medical and rescue supplies and the trailer shown in the photo below. See the real thing in Andy’s Local Market parking lot in the northwest corner just off Point San Pedro Road! This mobile
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Following is an announcement from the San Rafael City Schools Board dated June 21, 2024, regarding the status of the proposed surplus school property:
On March 31, 2024, the Coalition wrote to the San Rafael City Schools (SRCS) Board regarding their proposed disposal of four properties declared surplus, including the Glenwood Elementary School wetlands. See the previous post on this topic for more background. This letter is the result of meetings with various representatives of the local community and
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When: Saturday, June 8, 2024Time: 9am – 12pmWhere: 50 Canal Street, San Rafael See the flyer below for more information, to register, and receive more information:
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The Coalition’s Annual Earth Day Broom Pull was held on Saturday, April 27, 2024 — and the weather was ideal. The San Rafael Fire Department and Friends of China camp collaborated with us to make this event a huge success! We had a great group of volunteers turn out and were very fortunate that a
